3. A statement of the 'uigredienls contained in mixed or com- 

 pounded feeds. The fiber guarantee and statement of ingredients 

 are included in the requirements of all of the more recently enacted 

 laws and, in fact, many feeding stufl's manufactured in other 

 states and found on sale in Massachusetts have tags attached 

 which give this information. 



At present there is more or less confusion in 

 Definitions, different states and in different sections of the 



country in regard to names of commercial by- 

 products used for feeding. A feeding stuff which is recognized 

 by one name in the west may be known by an entirely different 

 name in the east. For example, the term provender throughout 

 New England is quite generally taken to signify a mixture of pure 

 corn and oats ground together, while in other sections of the coun- 

 try the term has no such significance. Again, manufacturers of 

 low grade goods often attach names which are misleading or at 

 best have no definite meaning. For example, the term flax bran 

 is used, although the material so named is not a bran at all but 

 the ground refuse, (stalks and pods) of the flax plant. The Na- 

 tional Association of Feed Control Officials is considering the 

 matter of uniform definitions for the different commercial feeding 

 stuffs. Such a group of definitions if adopted by the feed control 

 officials of the different states will be of great benefit to the re- 

 tailer and manufacturer. 



Fiber forms a large part of the framework of 

 Fiber. plants and the tough outer coating of seeds. 



In pure form it is known as cellulose. It is a 

 usefiil component of feeding stuff's intended for farm animals in 

 that it gives the necessary biilk to the ration and is found in an 

 amply sufficient amount in home-grown coarse fodders. The value 

 of a feeding stuff used as a supplement to home-gro\\Ti feeds 

 especially in dairy farming is measured largely in terms of protein 

 and digestibility, home-grown coarse feeds being generally deficient 

 in both protein and digestible matter. There is no ingredient 

 present in feeding stuff's which so depresses digestibility as fiber. 

 In purchasing concentrated feeds the feeder should look for high 

 protein and low fiber, as a high fiber content is indicative of the 

 addition of oat hulls, ground corn cob or other low grade material. 



